Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26

A''' salvation o,
American Republic and the cause
berty.
box over these dreadful figures,
be- man, and consider the awful sig.
ance of the following facts:
ficial returns show that about
5000 soldiers enlisted during the
in response to the successive calls
resident Lincoln, and of this num-
lSG, 097 were colored troops.
eports show that the Northern and
hern armies met in over 2, 900 skir-
les and battles. In 146 of these
lets the loss on the Federal side
over 500 men, and in at least ten
les over $1,000 men were reported
on each side. The appended table
Is that the combined losses of the
Eral and Confederate forces in
4, wounded, and missing in the
wing engagements were:
Riloh, $4,000; Antietam, $4,000;
River, $4,000; Charlottesville,
DO; Gettysburg, $4,000; Chicka-
ga, $4,000; McClellan's Peninsula
aign, $4,000; Grants Peninsula
[sign, 100000; and Sherman's
|aign, 1850
cial statistics show that of 3,OOO,-
len enlisted there were killed in
"A, 23s; died of wounds, 46, 2O5;
Of disease, 1920; died of un-
IN causes, 24,lS4: total, 300, 843.
includes only those whose death
in the army had been actually
Pn. To this number should be
first, $4,000 men who are known
re died while in the hands of the
as prisoners of war, and many
$ in the same manner whose
Is are unrecorded; second, fair
ntage Of the 205, 794 who are put
on the official reports as desert.
md missing in action, for those
participated IN the war know that
frequently disappeared who, it was
ID, had not deserted, yet could not
wise be officially accounted for
thousands who are buried in
te cemeteries all over the North,
lied while at home on furlough.
nations dead are buried in sew
three cemeteries, of which only
are in the Northern States.
Rg the principal ones in the North
Tpress Hill, with its 3,786 dead T;
Point, n. j., which contains the
MS Of 2,644 unknown dead; Get
Eg, Pa, with it's 1867 known
'y 20! unknown dead; Mound City,
lth 2,505 known and 2,721 un-
graves; Philadelphia, with / 900
ana Woodlawn, Elmira, N. Y,
It's $500 dead.
Tue South, near the scenes of ter
conflicts, are located the largest
tories of the nations heroic
ln5gton, Va, l6, 264, of which 4, 319
lhnown.
31fort, S. G., 9,2o1, of which 4, 4oa
Pknown.
EImette, La, 10, oil, ofwhich S, 674
pEnown.
Fttanooga, Tenn, -, 962, of which
are unknown.
saIerlcksburg, Va, Is, 257, of which
are unknown.
lie Rock, Ark, 1902, of which
are unknown.
snown.
ietta, Ca, O,151, of which 2, 963
Known.
anhls, Tenn, 1897, of which
are unknown.
a nTllle' Tenn, 1886, of which
were unknown.
.sr Grove, Va, 6,19O, of which
sFe unknown.
f sss nd, Va, e,542, of which
sOary, n. G., 1929, of which
are unknown.
4 E,lver, Tenn, 1902, of which
e,Hnknown.
s sDt Miss, $500, of which
are unknown.
i tranl, Nd, 4,671, of which 1919
a uues Ste, Va, 1860, of which
l il ,( Unknown.
n Io w., 900 men who fought for the
at I s.rlpes find guarded graves in
Az, ,,enal cemeteries. Two ceme-
sN VIZ manly devoted to the brave
IS NJ !peflshed in the loathsome
G. " Ihe same name-Anderson-
aIsjbM,,nl which contains 13, ia graves,
lss0 Jury, with it's -, l26 dead, of
H. L-'o52 are unknown.
hats ast number who are inferred
'0nsl cemeteries 275. 900 sleep